The LSU Soccer Stadium has traditionally been a difficult place for visiting teams to play as the Tigers have posted a strong 45-19-14 home record for a .667 winning percentage over the last eight seasons since the team made its NCAA Tournament debut and captured its first of four SEC Western Division championships in 2007. LSU is now in a new era of SEC soccer after winning its four SEC Western Division titles with four NCAA Tournament appearances since 2007 after divisions were eliminated prior to the 2012 season, marking the first season in which teams competed as one unified SEC table.

On the strength of its recent success, the LSU Soccer Stadium has received extensive renovations in recent years as the program continues its ascent to the pinnacle of the SEC and the NCAA. The venue is now a home worthy of an emerging power in women’s college soccer.

In March 2011, construction teams broke ground on Phase 2 of the renovation as $2.3 million was invested to transform the facility while creating additional seating, installing new lighting and building a new press box for the media and concession stand and restrooms for the LSU supporters to enjoy.

By adding a second level of bleacher seating to the existing structure, the official capacity of the LSU Soccer Stadium increased to 2,197, easily accommodating a fanbase that has created one of the more intimidating home-field advantages in the SEC. In addition, new gates were built on the west side of the complex with brick columns throughout. New gating was also installed at the top of the bleachers.

Fans attending matches at the LSU Soccer Stadium also benefit from the addition of the permanent concession stand located directly below the press box. With the building of two new restrooms at the facility, it now features a total of four as men’s and women’s facilities are located at both ends of the stadium.

Members of the media also enjoy a functional press box that has been constructed to make the covering of future matches a state-of-the-art experience. Not only does the press box interior measure 333 square feet, but hard-wired internet is available across the work space along with a wireless internet signal that has long been accessible in recent seasons. In addition, television cameras and videographers have access to the crow’s nest installed on the roof of the press box in a space that also features hard-wired internet access.

The Tigers have been a formidable foe at the LSU Soccer Stadium under the direction of head coach Brian Lee as they enter the fall with a 51-21-16 mark and .670 winning percentage on their home ground since 2006. That includes an impressive run with an unbeaten 5-0-3 home slate in 2007, followed by an impressive 8-1 campaign in 2008, a 7-1-2 season in 2009, a 6-2-1 mark in 2010 and a stellar 7-1-1 season in 2011. While winning four SEC Western Division championships and making four trips to the NCAA Tournament in those five seasons, the Tigers posted a 33-5-7 record with a .811 winning percentage in Baton Rouge from 2007-11.

In fact, LSU’s home performance is highlighted by a school record 18-game home unbeaten streak that came to an end on Oct. 26, 2008, with a 2-1 defeat to the No. 6-ranked Florida Gators.

2015 marks the 20th season in the life of the LSU Soccer Stadium, which was first opened on Sept. 13, 1996, when the Tigers hosted SEC rival Tennessee.

A new era was born in 2011 with the grand re-opening of the LSU Soccer Stadium as the Tigers set the attendance record on Sept. 9 when 2,542 supporters witnessed a 1-0 blanking of the Oregon Ducks to open the LSU Invitational. That smashed the previous attendance mark of 2,402 fans that saw the Tigers pitch a 3-0 shutout of No. 6-ranked Tennessee for the team’s first win over an opponent ranked among the Top 10 teams in the nation.

The Tigers then raised the bar again in their home opener in 2012 when a new record of 2,624 fans turned out to witness the Tigers play visiting Rice to a 1-1 draw on Aug. 24 of that season.

In fact, the Tigers set the all-time attendance record three times during the 2007 season and finished the campaign ranked No. 10 nationally in average attendance and No. 7 in the country in average paid attendance while drawing 1,294 fans per match. LSU nearly matched that record when finishing the 2011 campaign ranked No. 17 in the nation with an average attendance of 1,174 fans in its nine matches at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

The program made history again in 2009 as the Tigers were awarded a No. 4 national seed in the NCAA Tournament and the former LSU Soccer Complex was selected as a regional host site of the NCAA First and Second Rounds for the first time, solidifying its reputation as one of the most intimidating venues in all of college soccer.